Best PlacesVolant, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Volant, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Volant ranks 17,109th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Volant
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Volant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Volant ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Volant ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cheap childcare$954 a month, better than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Volant
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Volant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,976, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Volant's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Volant
Volant runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Volant.
Who works in Volant, and how
Work in Volant centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Volant
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Volant.
What the weather is like in Volant, month by month
Volant sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Volant
Pittsburgh International sits about 42 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Volant
Schools across Volant average an A−, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wilmington Area El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Hillview El SchA · 66% proficient
- Laurel El SchA · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- Laurel MsB+ · 48% proficient
- Wilmington Area MsB− · 40% proficient
- Grove City Area George Jr MsF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilmington Area HsA+ · 85% proficient
- Laurel HsA · 73% proficient
- Neshannock JshsB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Volant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Volant measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Volant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Volant
Is Volant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Volant ranks 17,109th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, good schools, and heat safety, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Volant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,308. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $68,976 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Volant safe?
Yes, Volant is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $203 per resident a year.
Compare Volant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Volant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Volant represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Volant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Volant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Volant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Volant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Volant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Volant detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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